No More Learning

149.
" Acta Sanc-
book had been preserved in Colgan's time, and it contained the acts and death of Cuanna. This is said to have been written by Fiach, son of Lyrius, to whom some al- lusion has been made in a previous note.
temporaries. The subject is a relative com-
parison between the respective characteristics
*
It would seem, that a very old Irish
January 20. ] LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. 345
We are also told, that no sooner had Cam-chuilinn been destroyed, than the whole country around was consumed by a sulphureous flame ; while the tOAvn and fort of Liathmuine shared in this general conflagration. Nor did the fire cease to rage over fields and standing crops, until the inhabitants besought heaven's mercies, to interpose between them and their threatened destruction. 9
Wishing to reprove the actions of Cuanna, and to rebuke some other criminal accomplices by whose connivance and permission so many evils were brought about, Molagga resolved on leaving this part of the country.
Thence he journeyed towards Connor,'° in Ulster. On his way thither, having occasion to pass a river, or rather an arm of the sea, called Feartais Chamsa, he could find no means for conveyance, excepting the remains of a
present instance, however, nothing remained but twigs, their covering having been removed ; yet placing trust in Him who enabled Peter to walk over the waters, our saint committed himself to the chance of the waves, in this frail bark. He passed over the strait in safety, and using the same vessel, he re- turned again to his companions. Near this place, also, having left behind him a bell, which was usually carried by the holy men of this age and country, for devotional purposes," Molagga advanced nearly three miles," before he recollected the circumstance. Afterwards he recovered the missing object through a miracle. Owners of that intermediate soil, over which he had passed, then surrendered it for Termon Land to the church of Kill-foda or Seanchill. '3 ThisisaparishchurchinConnordiocese. Thetractitselfafter- wards went by the name of Tearmunn an chluig, or " Termon lands of the Bell. "'* Hence is derived the origin of an old Irish proverb. 's
"
constructed with woven oziers, and covered with the hides of animals. In the
peculiar boat, called a
curragh" by our ancestors. Boats of this kind were
See "Acta Sanctorum Hibemise," xx. Januarii, n. 17, p. 149.
wereused.
"
Various bells like this of St. Molagga were preserved in Ireland during the seven- teenth century ; these had been covered with gold, silver and gems. However, a great number had been destroyed by the Reformers, to obtain precious metals and stones, of which they were composed, or with which they had been ornamented. During times of persecution, consequent on the Reformation, several were cast into wells and hidden in holes, through fear on the part of those having custody of them. Thus they were lost, owing to neglect. Many, notwithstanding, had been preserved by devout Catholics, and these were held in great veneration. See "Acta Sanctorum Hibernias," xx. Januarii, n. 19, pp. 149, 150.
*3 This parish is situated partly in the
barony of Lower Iveagh, county of Down, but chiefly in that of Oneilland East, in the
county of Armagh, and province of Ulster, For a fuller description, the reader is re- ferred to Lewis' "Topographical Diction- ary of Ireland," vol. ii. , p. 551.
'* Strangers to our country and its ancient art treasures, may inspect several of the curious old bells. These have been pre- served in public museums and in private collections. Many are of very curious work-
manship, and of great historic interest.
"
"
9 See Colgan's nise," XX. Januarii. X. , xi. , p. 146.
Acta Sanctorum Hiber- Acta S. Molaggse, cap.
'° Colgan remarks, in his day, that Connor was but a village, the ruins in which could
scarcely give an idea of its former greatness, as a city. From the time of St. Patrick, it has been constituted a bishop's see ; but in Colgan's time, this bishopric had been united with the neighbouring one of Down. See ibid. , n. 18, p. 149.
" Colgan remarks, that in the lives ot
Irish and British saints, we have frequent
m&ni\onoitintinnabula,cymbala, campanula, which were used for various ecclesiastical
purposes. First, they were employed to call
for silence amongst religious, who were in
the habit of reciting the Divine office.
Again, they were used in fulminating the sentence of excommunication against those
who contemned church authority, who op- pressed God's servants, or who attempted
any outrage against ecclesiastical immunities.
While they rang, several miracles are said
to have been wrought, in punishment for
those crimes denounced. Afterwards those
bells were held in great veneration among
our people. Not only in instances of the
nature already specified, but even in restor-
ing the sick, in detecting theft, or perjury,
&c. , the bells belonging to holy persons '^
Dermad an chleirig ar a chlog," in
246
LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. [January 20.
After these occurrences, Molagga passed over into Scotland, which was then called Albania,'^ as we read in the life of our saint. There bestowing his benediction on a boy, who was dumb from the period of birth to his seven- teenth year, this child recovered the use of speech. From Scotland, he went to Wales, for the purpose, it is stated, of visiting St. David,'? bishop over Menevia. ^^ By this holy prelate, as the acts have it, he was received with great kindness and respect. David'9 appointed one of his servants, as a constant attendant^" on the saint. Being in a passion, some expressions escaped from this servant, and these were marked by irreverence. As a punishment for his fault, the attendant shortly afterwards met with a very
sudden death. ^* St. David was soon informed of this occurrence. He de- sired another servant to wait on our saint, while preparations were making for the sepulture of his former attendant. Filled with grief for the deceased,
Molagga poured forth his prayers to the God of Mercy, that he might be propitious towards one taken away by so untimely an end. The attendant
was restored to life through these prayers. Immediately he resumed the duties of office towards God's holy servant ; but, on the second succeeding day, he was called from this life to the enjoyment of the next. " In com- memoration of this reputed miracle, it is said. Bishop David -nnshed our saint to assume the name of his dependant, called Lachinus or Molagga. ''3 In compliance with this request, our saint, heretofore baptized with a name, now unknown to us, assumed that by which he was afterwards called. "^
From this time fonvard, a mutual friendship is said to have been formed betweenSt. DavidandSt. Molagga. Asatokenofesteem,theholybishop made him a present of a bell, and at a place which, owing to this circum- stance, was afterwards called Boban Molagga. An angel had warned our saint, in a vision, he must return to Ireland, and, having previously made a tour to Clonmacnoise, that he should afterwards revisit his own part of the country. Taking with him this bell given by St. David, Molagga sailed from Menevia for Athcliath, now Dublin, the capital city of Ireland. Here, he healed a chieftain who then ruled over this place from some wasting ulcer.
English,"Thecleric'smistakeofhisbell. "— **In Professor O'Looney's Manuscript
Professor O'Looney's Manuscript Life of St.
Molaga, pp. 10, II.
'* That part of Britain was called Alba,
in the old Irish language, and Albania, in Latin.
Life, he is called Laichin Brethnach, or
'7 See his Life at the ist of March. 11. p.
»* " Menevia is situated in a most remote *»
comer of land upon the Irish ocean, the soil stony and barren, neither clothed with woods, distinguished by rivers, nor adorned by meadows, ever exposed to the winds and
"
Richard Colt Hoare's
bishop Baldwin through Wales, a. d.
mclxxxviii. ," by Giraldus de Barri, vol. ii. , book ii. , chap, i. , pp. i, 2.
'9 The English Martyrology states, that St. David lived only before the year 592.
Dr. Lanigan adds ;
live later than A. D.
asks, "could Molaga, who was alive after 665, have been the abbot of a monastery before David's death ? And, what comes still nearer to the point, we are told that Molaga was baptized by Cummin Foda, who was not born until 592 (chap, xv. , § 8). How can this agree with Molaga's being ac- quainted with St. David ? " See " Ecclesi-
and to the continually subject
then,"
tempests,
hostile attacks of the Flemings, on one side, and of the Welsh, on the other. " See
593.
Itinerary of Arch-
Wherefore, as our saint is assumed to have astical History of Ireland," vol. iii. , chap,
been a contemporary, Molagga must have lived before that date, were we to attach credit to our saint's acts and to the foregoing authority. See Colgan's "Acta Sanctorum Hibemiae," xx. Januarii, n. 22, p. 150.
xviii. , § iii. , p. 83, and n. 23, p. 85.
*3 A Welch name.
"< Colgan's " Acta Sanctorum Hibemiae,"
xx. Januarii. Vita S. Molaggae, cap. xiii. , xiv. , xv. , p. 147.
'•
Laichin the Briton. "
*' Professor O'Looney's Manuscript Life states, that he died between the Cuchtair
(cooking-house) and the Airecul (pantry),
visit to St. David is, however, thought to be quite irreconcilable with the rest of his history, and with the respective times in which both saints lived. In a note, that St. David did not " How he
Molagga's
January 20. ] LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. 347
Under this the chieftain had long laboured. In gratitude towards Molagga,
the toparch assigned him a place, in Fingall,^s where he erected a church, and an annual tribute was paid for its support. ^^ It is said, our saint re-
moved to this spot the bees, which were brought by St. Modhomnoc,^? from Wales. Inconsequence,thislocalitywasafterwardsnamed,LannBeachaire,''^
" Church of the Bees. "^9 Some are of
with Breemore, where the remains of a castle, belonging to a branch of the Barnewall family, and situated a little to the north of Balbriggan town, in the parish of Balrothery and barony of Balrothery East, in the county of Dublin, may be seen. 3° Here too are the ruins of an old church, or chapel,3* sur-
or,
opinion,
that this is identical place
^'^W-^^/t^u RuinsofBremore,nearBalbriggan,Co. Dublin.
rounded by a graveyard, still much used for interments. 3» In the year 1200,
the Archbishop of Dublin gave the chapel of Lambecher, at Bremore, to the religious house of the Blessed Virgin of Kilbixy, and to the canons there serving God. 33 Another conjecture has been offered, that Lann Beachaire
"5 The Calendar of Cashel, at the 20th of January, has a notice that St. Molaga had been revered at Lann Beachaire in Fingall.
^ Professor O'Looney's Manuscript Life
-' See Colgan's "Acta Sanctorum Hiber-
nise," XX. Januarii. Vita S. Molaggae, cap. xvi. , xvii. , p. 147.
3° The site is represented on the ' ' Ord- states, that the tribute of a pingin (penny) nance Survey Townland Maps for the
from every one in Ath Cliath (Dublin) v/as ordered by the King of Dun Dubhline to be
paid every third year to Molaga, while he was decreed to have a Baile (home) in Fine
Gall (Fingal), i. e. , Lann Bechuire, page 12. °7 The reader is referred to the 13th of February, on which day the Natalis of St. Modomnoc is kept, for notices of this holy
man, and likewise to the i8th of May, when another festival was observed in his honour.
County of Dublin. " Sheet 2.
3' The accompanying view of Bremore
ruins was drawn on the spot, by Martin O'CarroU, L. R. C. S. I. , Dublin: the en- graving is by George A. Hanion.
32 We are told by Mr. D'Alton, that in early times the chapelry of Lambecher at Bremore was subservient to the church of Lusk, and that a pension was paid thereto, long after its disunion.
33 See D'Alton's " of the History
County ^* Lann has the same meaning in Welch of Dublin," pp. 458, 459, and pp. 479,
as Kill in Irish, and Beach is the Irish for 480. "bee. "
348 LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. [January 20.
stood on or near the site of the present All-Hallows' Missionary College,34 at Drumcondra, near Dublin. ^s This, however, is incorrect, although, meta-
"
cincts of this truly noble and national establishment. This college was founded in the year 1842, for the education of students destined for foreign missions. The spiritual requirements of millions in Great Britain, in the British Colonies, and in the United States of America, demanded that an effortshouldbemadetoimparttothemtheconsolationsoftheFaith. Toac- complish this great work, God raised up one full of zeal and charity ; a man whose desire was to co-operate with his Saviour in the salvation of his fellow- men. TheVeryRev. JohnHandwasthezealousandholyoriginatorofthis greatwork,whichprosperedsomuchunderhismanagement. 36 Hediedthe death of the just, in the year 1847.
He was succeeded in the office as pre- sident over the college, by the subsequently distinguished Bishop of Kerry, the Right Rev. Dr. Moriarty. Under his care, the institute developed still
phorically speaking,
the church of the bees" could not be assigned to any
where the " industrious hive" and " of doctrine and honey" religious
place,
discipline are more in operation and diffusion at present, than within the pre-
AH-Hallows' Missionary College,^Drumcondra.
farther its sphere for usefulness, and many young priests went forth from its walls, to cheer and console their poor fellow-countrymen in the backwoods
34 On Sheet 18 of the "Ordnance Sur- vey Townland Maps for the County of Dublin," the site of the college may be traced as Drumcondra House and Park,
No.
35 "It is conjectured, that on the site of
adjoining the old graveyard to the east.
The college had not been founded when Dublin. " See " The Dublin Builder," vol.
those maps were first engraved. The poet's Thomas Furlong's, and the antiquary's Francis Grose's tombs are to be seen in
the adjoining graveyard, where both lie in- terred. See " Dublin Penny Journal," vol.
ii. , No. 23, p. 262.
3* He was born at Oldcastle, Co. Meath,
and he was encouraged to study for the
priesthood, by the Very Rev. George Leonard, P. P. , Oldcastle, who discovered
i. ,
6, 1832.
this building Saint Molaga had a church and religious establishment, called in the Annals, Laonn Beachaire, in Fingall, near
January 20. ] LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. 349
of America and on the distant shores of Austraha. 37 Upon his lordship's elevation to the episcopacy, he was succeeded by the present learned and estimable rector of the Catholic University of Ireland, the Very Rev. Mon- signorWoodlock. Thoseacquaintedwithhiscapacityforbusiness,hisgreat zeal and self-sacrificing spirit, will easily understand, that under him the college continued to progress, and everything was done fully to carry out the design of its pious founder. In the year i860, when it pleased the bishops of Ireland to appoint Monsignor Woodlock as rector over the Catholic University, the Very Rev. Dr. Bennett was elected president. Continued prosperity of the college, proved how judicious was his election. At the present time, the college is placed under the able direction of the Very Rev. \\'illiam Fortune, D. D. ,3^ and it continues to send forth each year many young priests to foreign lands. 39
After leaving Lann Beachaire, Molagga went towards the western con- fines of the Leinster province, and visited Clonmacnoise. ''° A deputation from Feramugia,4^ afterwards waited upon him, and requested his return to I'ulach-mhin Monastery. 'I'hey offered various presents and inducements to procure his return, all of which the servant of God undervalued. *^ But to the moving representations of certain most respectable inhabitants of his native place, the tears and entreaties of women and children were added, imploring his return. Being affected with these indications of sincere love and penitence, at length our saint yielded assent to their prayers. Moreover, conceiving it to be the will of heaven, that he should again rule over Tulach- mhin Monastery, he returned to his native country. There he was received by the entire people, with demonstrations of most unbounded joy and respect. Their heart-felt gratitude found substantial expression, in bestowing gifts and landed possessions which were added to that monastery, with a view to in-
in him, at an early age, manifest signs of a Divine vocation. Owing to the kindness of his beloved pa^. tor, Mr. Hand was enabled to enter Maynooth, where, by constant at- tention to duties, through his modest de- portment,andthesanctitymanifestedinall his actions, he gained the good-will of all. Immediately after his ordination, the Rev.
Mac Cirthy, Esq. , architect, M. R. I. A.
33 For information communicated in the text, the writer feels indebted to Rev. J. O'Brien, D. D. , Professor in All-Hallows'
College.
''^ Colganpromisedtosayagreatdealre-
garding it, in his notes on the life of St. Kicran, which was to appear at the 9th of
Mr. Hand conceived the idea of estabhshing
a college, to educate young priests for the
foreign missions, and especially for those there only barely indicating its former missions wiiere poor Catholic emigrants splendour. See "Acta Sanctorum Hiber- from Ireland had been located. Owing to
untiring exertions, he raised the college to a
prosperous position, and left behind him a
memory which must remain perpetually in
benediction.
37 It is one of the largest missionary es- tablishments in the world, and it lias already
educated over 70c priests. The number of students at present in the college exceeds
130 ; and although in the beginning, this great work, was undertaken %\ithout worldly
wealth, the generosity of the Irish people enables its directors to continue, by means of their young priests, the increase of God's kingdom on earth.
3^ To Dr. Fortune, the writer is indebted
for the accompanying engraving, executed by William Oldham, of Dublin, from a drawing of the extensive college buildings, by J. J.
sented on the " Ordnance Survey Townland IMaps for the County of Cork. " Sheet 35. It lies within the parish Ijearing the same name, in the baronies of Condons and Clan- gibbon.
*^ The people of Fermoy are said to have offered him as a tribute every year, a screa- pall from each person, with fifty cows as a tribute from them all, besides alms (gifts) and o—fferings of allegiance too, as the poet
said
September. Colgan calls it a poor town in his day ; the ruins which were to be seen
nian," XX. Januarii, n. 26, p. 150.
'' The present town of Fermoy is repre-
:
"
. Molaga is entitled to get
From the men of Muigli of gentle rules
Fifty white cows, ever fruitful—,
Every successive year. "
O'Looney's Manuscript Life of St. Molaga, page 12.
Professor
350 LIVES 01 THE IRISH SAINTS. [January 20.
crease its means for affording better and more enlarged facilities, to ensure religious observances and monastic discipline/^
CHAPTER III.
KING CUI GAN MATHUIR WISHES TO RESIGN HIS REGAL POWER—HE IS DISSUADED THEREFROM BY HIS CHIEFTAINS—A PUBLIC ASSEMBLY CONVENED AT TEARMAIN MOLAGA—GRANT OF LANDS AND IMMUNITIES TO ST. MOLAGA - A MIRACLE AT LEAMHANCHIA—THE SAINT'S MISSION TO CORCOBHAISCIND—HIS DEATH—SUP- POSED INTERMENT AT LEABBA MOLAGA—HIS VENERATION THROUGHOUT THE SOUTH OF IRELAND—CONCLUSION.
Caius, sumamed Gan-mhathuir, King of Munster, having been seized vnih a grievous disease, which he supposed must terminate fatally, had resolved on dismissing those hostages, consigned to him by his subordinate chieftains. Thus he hoped to prepare himself for resigning the reins of government into
other hands. But the provincial chiefs and magnates apprehended a dis- turbance of public tranquillity, in case he should persevere in such a resolution. They demanded those reasons that influenced him to adopt this line of conduct. Their king declared, great crimes had burdened his con- science, and especially the perpetration of seven homicides,' in which his own relatives were included. Besides, he had resolved on a pilgrimage, that he might more effectually do penance to atone for those crimes. His chiefs vainly endeavoured to divert his mind from an intention of abdicating ; and, at length, he was advised to call a council of ecclesiastics, in order that his purpose might be submitted to them for adjudication. To such pro- posal, after a fast of the men of Munster,^ the king assented. 3 St. Molagga, in whose prudence and sanctity he reposed most unbounded confidence, was especially summoned for the occasion. Having taken counsel together, the chiefs sought an interview with our saint. * They entreated him, that he would become a just adviser to their monarch, by taking the latter under direction, and with a view to promote his eternal interests, whilst they also hoped, through his means, that the temporal affairs of the kingdom should be prudently adjusted. In order to prevail more effectually with our saint, they conferred upon his church a privilege of refuge, with other immunities.
Aware of the importance attached to their petitions, Molagga agreed to the
" Acta Sanctorum Hiber-
*3 See
" I said Cui wish,
Colgan's nise," XX. Januarii.
xviii. , p. 147.
Vita S. Molaggse, cap.
gan Mathair,
The good effectual prayer of Loche Linn-
Chap, hi. —' Seven Fingals (fratricides) are here mentioned in Professor O'Looney's
Manuscript Life.
'This is stated in Professor O'Looney's
Manuscript Life, p. 7.
3 The f^oUowings additions are in Profes-
sor O'Looney's Manuscript Life : Cui gan Mathair said he would not accept the king-
ship from them, unless they gave him a ""
honn,
The splendour, bright resplendent, In obviating my distress. "
This quatrain is given with some variations in the "Book of Fermoy," fol. 60, bb, and 61, aa. , top.
* This Council seems to have been cen- voked some brief term of years before Cui Can's death, which took place a. d. 640. If St. Fursey, Abbot of Lagny, was the eccle- siastic named as attending, the Synod must have been held during or before A. d. 636, when it has been supposed he finally left Ireland,
choice of anamchara," or souls' friend," who should be St. Laga (Mo naom Laga). He was a man to whom the wild deer were obedient, while he was in honour a—nd great
respect with God, as said the poet
:
1
January 20. ] LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. 351
necessity of convoking a public assembly, at which the Munster clergy and chiefs attended, as likewise the king. Besides other incidents connected with this meeting, various privileges and possessions were bestowed on the churchofSt. Molaga. s Thecouncilw—asheldatTearmainMolaga,andthe men of Munster"^ fasted to the saint
forgiveness, or for preferring a request, in the olden time. ? On this occasion, they asked him to take Cui gan mathair under the protection of his Gospel
for mercy and forgiveness. Cuan or Cuanna,^ son to Amhalgad, King of Aine Cliach,9 who descended from the celebrated Druid and hero, Mogh Roth, was present. This Druid received a grant of the territory of Feara- Muigh-feine, now Fermoy, from Fiacha Muilleathan, for the services he rendered to the Munster forces, when Cormac Mac Art, monarch of Ireland, had been driven from the province. Foremost among the ecclesiastics were Conangius 0'Daithil,'° Abbot of Emly ;" Russinus, or Ruisine," son to Lap, or Lappain ; Comorban of St. Barr,'3 from Claire southward ;'-* St. Cummin Foda;'5 St. Fursey, supposed to be the Abbot of Lagny;'^ with other renowned princes and clerics : all were subscribers to a charter, which con- firmed those grants. ^7 They were sureties also for carrying out all necessary conditions. '^ A certain prince named Flann, son to Ercus, from Gabria, or Gabhra territory, presumed to infringe on some of those privileges. He
s Mr. has furnished the '° Joseph O'Longan
some
of
subsequent statement from "The Book of notices of St. Conaing, or Connich Mic
Fermoy. " " At page 91, col. i, are re- lated, how he obtamed the freedom of his Termon from the king and men of Munster, with its boundaries north, south, east, and west, viz. , from Dairigh Mochua to Inis Gubain at the River Fuinnsion on the west, to Feirnn Leabhain, at or in the [river]
Uinnsinn, on the east, and from Ath na Lee to Dairmhach. "
^ Their grants are said to have been from Darach Muchua to Inis Goban, which was on the Uinsean westward, and from Fearan Leabain to the eastern Fuinsean, —and from Ath na Leac to middle Darmach. British Museum MS. Life.
7 We are told, that Molaga then stipulated
for the freedom or perpetuity of his Tear-
main, and th—at he obtained an Eitira or
security for it. Professor O'Looney's Manu-
script Life of St. Molaga, p. 7.
Luachair, supposed to be identical with the
present abbot.
" Colgan remarks, this account is exactly
in accordance with that contained in our
Annals, where it is stated, Conaingius O'Dathil, Abbot of Imleach lobhair, died in the year of Christ 660. See Mr. O'Dono- van's edition of the "Annals of the Four Masters," vol. i. , pp. 270, 271.
'^ See some notices regarding a St. Rui- sen, of Inis Picht, or Spike Island, near Cork, at the 7th of April.
'3 As St. Barr founded the abbey and
of so this saint must episcopal see Cork,
have been his successor in the latter place. "
vol.
ters," i. , pp. 292, 293.
'^This latter adjunct is in Professor
*
This prince is thus named in Mr. O'Looney's Manuscript Life, p. 8.
O'Donovan's "Annals of the Four Masters," vol. i. , pp. 258, 259, when his death is
'5St, CumminFodadiedontheI2thof November, 661. See O'Donovan's " An- nals of the Four Masters," vol. i. , pp. 270 to 273, and nn. (a, b), ibid.
about A. D. 636, he went over to Britain, and afterwards to France. See his life, already given at the i6th of this month, the day of his principal feast.
'? In Professor O'Looney's Manuscript Life it is added, "Victor the Angel and Patrick came from Heaven to bind and confirm it, and Patrick then enjoined on Molaga to come every Thursday to con-
verse with himself into Heaven.
•^
" Cuana, son of Ailcin, chief of Feara-Maighe [Fer-
recorded as follows, at A d.
640.
He was
called] Laech Liathmhuine. This Cuana that St. Fursey flourished about this time is called Mac Cailchine by Dr. Jeoffray and in this part of the country. Thence,
moy] died.
[the person "
who was
Keating.
'Colgan refers to various authorities for
a curious account relating to a contest of generosity between Cuana and his half-
Guaire Aidhne, and,
to an ancient manuscript of Clonmacnoise, called " Leabhar ua h Uidhre," which is
now preserved m the Library of the Royal Irish Academy, and copies of which have
been edited by Mr. Joseph O'Longan and by Professor Bryan O'Looney.
brother,
among others,
this a usual form for
being asking
See,
at the
23rd
September,
At A. D. 685, we find it stated
Abbot of Corcach-mor, died. " See Dr. O'Donovan's " Annals of the Four Mas-
'* Such is opinion, who says, Colgan's
In the Manuscript Life, the conclusion
:
Roisseni,
352 LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. [January 20.
encamped an army at a place called Tulach-airdiir/:? when coming thither to transact important business with Caius. Resolved on defending the rights
already guaranteed to him and his possessions by treaty, the saint showed forth God's power, by which he was sustained in working a miracle.